Re: deprecated (Re: What Version To Install On iMac?)

2012-09-13 Thread lee
Chris Bannister cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz writes: On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 05:26:09PM +0200, lee wrote: The administrator installed disapproved software. Since then, many No. That would have got you a smack over the hand with a ruler. :) Then how do you say that? users have had trouble

Re: deprecated (Re: What Version To Install On iMac?)

2012-09-12 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 05:26:09PM +0200, lee wrote: The administrator installed disapproved software. Since then, many No. That would have got you a smack over the hand with a ruler. :) users have had trouble with the system and the administrator became deprecated. Doesn't seem right.

Re: deprecated (Re: What Version To Install On iMac?)

2012-09-12 Thread Neal Murphy
On Wednesday, September 12, 2012 07:44:03 PM Chris Bannister wrote: How do you call it when software or an administrator is being deprecated, i. e. the process of deprecating something/making something I can only think of the word redundant (surplus to requirements) at the moment. e.g. The

Re: deprecated (Re: What Version To Install On iMac?)

2012-09-12 Thread Mark Allums
On 9/12/2012 6:44 PM, Chris Bannister wrote: On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 05:26:09PM +0200, lee wrote: Are you saying it's not possible to say that the administrator installed disapproved software because disapproved cannot be used as an adjective? Yes I would say, in American English* the

Re: What Version To Install On iMac?

2012-09-11 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 09:55:21PM +0200, lee wrote: Disapproved is as much an adjective as deprecated. Not when I went to school. English is not your native language? -- If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who

deprecated (Re: What Version To Install On iMac?)

2012-09-11 Thread lee
Chris Bannister cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz writes: On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 09:55:21PM +0200, lee wrote: Disapproved is as much an adjective as deprecated. Not when I went to school. English is not your native language? No, it isn't. Do you mean disapprove or really disapproved? If

Re: What Version To Install On iMac?

2012-09-10 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Sep 09, 2012 at 02:11:33AM -0400, Doug wrote: On 09/09/2012 01:40 AM, Chris Bannister wrote: On Fri, Sep 07, 2012 at 10:56:45AM -0400, Gary Dale wrote: On 07/09/12 08:21 AM, Jon Dowland wrote: On Fri, Sep 07, 2012 at 02:04:04AM -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: Interesting statement.

Re: What Version To Install On iMac?

2012-09-10 Thread lee
Chris Bannister cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz writes: On Sun, Sep 09, 2012 at 02:11:33AM -0400, Doug wrote: Artha: deprecate: express strong disapproval of; deplore You can disapprove of the behaviour, but the behaviour is disapproved, is not the same as the behaviour is deprecated

Re: What Version To Install On iMac?

2012-09-09 Thread Doug
On 09/09/2012 01:40 AM, Chris Bannister wrote: On Fri, Sep 07, 2012 at 10:56:45AM -0400, Gary Dale wrote: On 07/09/12 08:21 AM, Jon Dowland wrote: On Fri, Sep 07, 2012 at 02:04:04AM -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: Interesting statement. Squeeze (6) is still STABLE. After Wheezy (7) is moved

Re: What Version To Install On iMac?

2012-09-09 Thread T Elcor
- Original Message - From: Chris Bannister cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz The usual definition is disapproved. I don't think disapproved is the correct word in that sense. deprecated in software means the use of some item is discouraged/disapproved and one shouldn't be using it. Whether

Re: What Version To Install On iMac?

2012-09-08 Thread Chris Bannister
On Fri, Sep 07, 2012 at 10:56:45AM -0400, Gary Dale wrote: On 07/09/12 08:21 AM, Jon Dowland wrote: On Fri, Sep 07, 2012 at 02:04:04AM -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: Interesting statement. Squeeze (6) is still STABLE. After Wheezy (7) is moved from TESTING to STABLE, Squeeze will be fully

Re: What Version To Install On iMac?

2012-09-07 Thread T Elcor
- Original Message - Hello, I would like to know which version of Debian 6 I would download for installing on iMac with specifications shown below. Model Name:    iMac Model Identifier:    iMac8,1 Processor Name:    Intel Core 2 Duo amd64 or i386 both should work, I would go with

Re: What Version To Install On iMac?

2012-09-07 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 9/7/2012 1:28 AM, T Elcor wrote: amd64 or i386 both should work, I would go with amd64 (see http://www.debian.org/ports/amd64/ ). I'd stay away from the PAE kernel with a 4GB machine unless you have an app known to not work on the AMD64 kernel. I would also install Debian 7 (wheezy) as

Re: What Version To Install On iMac?

2012-09-07 Thread Jon Dowland
On Fri, Sep 07, 2012 at 02:04:04AM -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: Interesting statement. Squeeze (6) is still STABLE. After Wheezy (7) is moved from TESTING to STABLE, Squeeze will be fully supported for at least 1 year. Thus deprecated soon is not accurate, unless your definition of soon

Re: What Version To Install On iMac?

2012-09-07 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 06 Sep 2012 23:28:25 -0700, T Elcor wrote: - Original Message - Hello, I would like to know which version of Debian 6 I would download for installing on iMac with specifications shown below. Model Name:    iMac Model Identifier:    iMac8,1 Processor Name:    Intel Core 2

Re: What Version To Install On iMac?

2012-09-07 Thread Jerome BENOIT
On 07/09/12 16:34, Camaleón wrote: On Thu, 06 Sep 2012 23:28:25 -0700, T Elcor wrote: - Original Message - Hello, I would like to know which version of Debian 6 I would download for installing on iMac with specifications shown below. Model Name:iMac Model Identifier:iMac8,1

Re: What Version To Install On iMac?

2012-09-07 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 07 Sep 2012 16:45:27 +0200, Jerome BENOIT wrote: On 07/09/12 16:34, Camaleón wrote: OTOH, Debian 6 has (more or less) one year and a half of support (when Wheezy is out -and that should happen around February, 2013- in 6 months !? When it's ready ;-) Now seriuosly: yes, that's

Re: What Version To Install On iMac?

2012-09-07 Thread Gary Dale
On 07/09/12 08:21 AM, Jon Dowland wrote: On Fri, Sep 07, 2012 at 02:04:04AM -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: Interesting statement. Squeeze (6) is still STABLE. After Wheezy (7) is moved from TESTING to STABLE, Squeeze will be fully supported for at least 1 year. Thus deprecated soon is not

Re: What Version To Install On iMac?

2012-09-07 Thread The Wanderer
On 09/07/2012 10:56 AM, Gary Dale wrote: On 07/09/12 08:21 AM, Jon Dowland wrote: On Fri, Sep 07, 2012 at 02:04:04AM -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: Interesting statement. Squeeze (6) is still STABLE. After Wheezy (7) is moved from TESTING to STABLE, Squeeze will be fully supported for at least

What Version To Install On iMac?

2012-09-06 Thread whitebuck777
Hello, I would like to know which version of Debian 6 I would download for installing on iMac with specifications shown below. Thank you, William G. Model Name: iMac Model Identifier: iMac8,1 Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz Number Of